Root & Rewire - The science of self-healing, from nervous system to self-worth.

In this episode we unpack why overthinking is a stress response, not a character flaw, and how your body drives the loop through cortisol, the amygdala and small dopamine hits. Learn simple, science-backed practices to ground your nervous system, int... more

This episode explores why saying no can feel terrifying, explaining people-pleasing as the fawn trauma response and how childhood wiring, mirror neurons, and hormones link approval to safety.

It offers practical tools, micro-boundaries, somatic anch... more

In this episode of Root and Rewire, we explore the freeze response, the nervous system's shutdown reaction that looks like numbness, paralysis, or lack of motivation. We explain the polyvagal ladder, the dorsal vagal shutdown, and why freeze is a pro... more

Welcome back to Root and ReWire, where we bridge neuroscience, psychology and the human heart. In this episode we explore the freeze response, the shutdown that looks like laziness or avoidance but is actually a protective pause when the nervous sys... more

In this episode we explore self-sabotage as a nervous-system driven protection rather than a failure of will. You’ll learn how dopamine, reward prediction errors and cortisol create a cycle of spikes and crashes that push you back to familiar safety.... more

Root and Rewire explores how people-pleasing is not a personality flaw but a nervous system fawn response learned for safety. This episode breaks down the biology, amygdala activation, stress hormones, and oxytocin reinforcement, and explains why say... more

Welcome to Root and Rewire, where neuroscience, psychology and the human heart meet. In this episode we unpack why we keep repeating painful patterns, not because we’re broken, but because our nervous system treats familiar behaviour as safe.

We expl... more